PEX 8604 Interoperability Test Report Version 2.0 June 2009 Website: www.plxtech.com Technical Support: www.plxtech.com/support Copyright © 2009 by PLX Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved – Version 2.0 June 30, 2009 Contents 1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................................... 4 2 Product Information ................................................................................................................................. 4 3 Scope ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 3.1 Test Phases ...................................................................................................................................... 4 3.2 Test Omissions and Assumptions .................................................................................................... 4 4 Pretest Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 5 4.1 Collaterals ......................................................................................................................................... 5 4.2 Other Documentation ....................................................................................................................... 5 4.3 Software and Identification Information ............................................................................................ 5 4.4 System BIOS Settings ...................................................................................................................... 5 4.5 Physical Layout of RDK .................................................................................................................... 6 5 Test Descriptions and Procedures .......................................................................................................... 7 5.1 Motherboards and System BIOS ...................................................................................................... 7 5.1.1 Visual Link-Up Tests .............................................................................................................. 7 5.1.2 Operating System Installation and Device Detection Tests .................................................. 7 5.1.3 Device Manager Detection Tests .......................................................................................... 8 5.1.4 Slot Tests ............................................................................................................................... 9 5.1.5 Lane Reversals .................................................................................................................... 10 5.1.6 PEX Device Editor Tests ..................................................................................................... 10 5.2 Endpoints ........................................................................................................................................ 14 5.2.1 Video Adapter Tests ............................................................................................................ 15 5.2.2 Ethernet Adapter Tests ........................................................................................................ 16 5.2.3 SCSI or Fibre Channel HBA Tests ...................................................................................... 16 5.2.4 TV Tuner Cards ................................................................................................................... 18 5.3 WHQL DTM Certification and Other Advanced Tests .................................................................... 20 5.3.1 DTM Certification ................................................................................................................. 20 5.3.2 Chip-to-Chip Interoperability ................................................................................................ 21 5.3.3 Board-to-Board Interoperability ........................................................................................... 21 5.3.4 Fully-Loaded Configurations ................................................................................................ 21 6 Test Results ........................................................................................................................................... 23 6.1 Attachment A – Software and Hardware Identification Information ............................................... 23 6.2 Attachment B – Motherboards and System BIOS .......................................................................... 24 6.3 Attachment C - Video Adapters ...................................................................................................... 26 6.4 Attachment D - Ethernet Adapters ................................................................................................. 27 6.5 Attachment E - SCSI/FC HBAs and TV Tuners ............................................................................. 28 6.6 Attachment F - WHQL Certification and Other Advanced Tests .................................................... 29 6.7 Attachment F - WHQL Certification Results for PEX 8604 RDK .................................................... 30 7 Test Equipment ...................................................................................................................................... 31 7.1 Motherboards and System BIOS .................................................................................................... 31 7.2 Endpoint Devices and Connectivity Kits ......................................................................................... 34 Figures Figure 1. PEX 8604 Plug-in RDK .................................................................................................................. 6 Figure 2. Device Manager Detection of Switch ............................................................................................. 8 Figure 3. Routing Information of Switch Device ............................................................................................ 8 Figure 4. Vendor ID and Chip ID of Switch ................................................................................................... 9 Figure 5. PEX Device Editor Display of Switch ........................................................................................... 11 Figure 6. PCI / PCIe Configuration Registers of Switch ............................................................................. 12 Figure 7. PCI / PCIe Memory-mapped Registers of Switch ........................................................................ 13 Figure 8. EEPROM Editor ........................................................................................................................... 14 Figure 9. Device Manager Detection of NVIDIA Video Card ...................................................................... 15 PEX 8604BA Interoperability Test Report — Version 2.0 2 Copyright © 2009 by PLX Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved Figure 10. Device Manager Detection of Intel Network Card ..................................................................... 16 Figure 11. Device Manager Detection of LSI SCSI HBA ............................................................................ 17 Figure 12. Device Manager Detection of Emulex Fibre Channel HBA ....................................................... 17 Figure 13. Device Manager Detection of Hauppauge TV Tuner ................................................................. 18 Figure 14. Sample Launch Pad of WinTV Application ................................................................................ 19 Figure 15. Sample DTM Studio Test Selections ......................................................................................... 20 Tables Table 1. Software and Hardware ID Information......................................................................................... 23 Table 2. Test Results Matrix for Motherboards and System BIOS ............................................................. 24 Table 3. Test Results Matrix for Video Adapters ........................................................................................ 26 Table 4. Test Results Matrix for Ethernet Adapters .................................................................................... 27 Table 5. Test Results Matrix for SCSI/FC HBAs and TV Tuners ................................................................ 28 Table 6. WHQL Certification and Other Advanced Tests ........................................................................... 29 Table 7. WHQL Certification Results for PEX 8604 RDK ........................................................................... 30 Table 8. List of Motherboards and their Key Information ............................................................................ 31 Table 9. List of Endpoint Devices and Connectivity Kits ............................................................................. 34 PEX 8604BA Interoperability Test Report — Version 2.0 3 Copyright © 2009 by PLX Technology, Inc. All Rights Reserved 1 Purpose This test report details interoperability procedures and results for the PEX 8604 Rapid Development Kit (RDK). 2 Product Information The ExpressLane™ PEX 8604 device offers 4 PCI Express Gen 2 (5.0 GT/s) lanes, which supports up to four ports. The switch conforms to the PCI